Lawmakers in Uruguay have approved an historic transgender law that sets the legal guidelines for people who want to change their gender, the AFP reported.
The bill was approved on October 5 in the Senate and last month by the country's lower chamber, the Chamber of Deputies. It now heads to the desk of President Tabare Vazquez, who recently signed bills that grant gay and lesbian couples the right to a civil union and adoption.
“Every person has the right to freely develop their personality in accordance with the proper identity of their gender, independent of their biological, genetic, anatomic … identity,” the bill reads.....
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